Archive for July, 2010

Stanley Park Beaver Lake Walkabout and Dialogue on Biodiversity

Stanley Park Beaver Lake Walkabout and Dialogue on Biodiversity

Filed Under: biodiversity, city living, design, environment, event, frogs, life, urban critters, vancouver on July 27, 2010

Walkabout at Beaver Lake with Vancouver Park Board Commissioner Loretta Woodcock & Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES): A dialogue on biodiversity [...]

Vancouver: Greenest City Neighbourhood Small Grants

Vancouver: Greenest City Neighbourhood Small Grants

Filed Under: city living, food, vancouver on July 23, 2010

From the city who recently brought in urban chickens into a backyard near you, the Vancouver Foundation has partnered with the City of Vancouver to fu [...]

family of urban raccoons killed

family of urban raccoons killed

Filed Under: city living, environment, life, urban critters on July 20, 2010

Yesterday, we watched the evening news on a story that a mother raccoon and her cubs were bludgeoned to death by a hockey stick wielding man. Apparent [...]

Animals that once graced Vancouver, part 2

Animals that once graced Vancouver, part 2

Filed Under: city living, community, design, environment, event, frogs, history, life, urban critters, vancouver on July 4, 2010

Background: As part of our neighbourhood community building effort, a number of neighbours and I have been documenting the flora and fauna of our sm [...]

Animals that once graced Vancouver, part 1

Animals that once graced Vancouver, part 1

Filed Under: biodiversity, city living, community, design, history, urban critters, vancouver on July 3, 2010

As part of our neighbourhood community building effort, a number of neighbours and I have been documenting the flora and fauna of our small urban fore [...]